Salary grades for Arch. Tech.

Tim76

Hey guys,

Any advice on what a arch tech with 10 years experience could expect to be earning?

Cheers

kieran.

Tim76 wrote: »

Hey guys,

Any advice on what a arch tech with 10 years experience could expect to be earning?

Cheers

You'd be pretty happy to still be in a job !!! 10 years experience with a decent company in the current climate I hazard a guess at 30-35K

Mellor

kieran. wrote: »

You'd be pretty happy to still be in a job !!! 10 years experience with a decent company in the current climate I hazard a guess at 30-35K

That's depressing tbh.
That was a graduate salary a few years ago

kieran.

It sure is depressing was on 42k 5 years ago with 5 years experience. Down to 28.5k now with 10 years experience but what can one do !!

Tim76

kieran. wrote: »

It sure is depressing was on 42k 5 years ago with 5 years experience. Down to 28.5k now with 10 years experience but what can one do !!

You're joking. You'd be better of working in McDonald's! With the stress and workload involved with this job, it is simply not worth it for that salary.

It sounds like you're being taken advantage of Kieran, a lot of employers are using the "current climate" as an excuse to screw their employees :mad:

prewtna

kieran. wrote: »

It sure is depressing was on 42k 5 years ago with 5 years experience. Down to 28.5k now with 10 years experience but what can one do !!

eh, sounds quite low to be honest - even in the 'current climate'. I personally know of technicians with less experience than that who earn 38k. i'd have a snoop around if i were you - get yer revit head on and see whats out there.

4Sticks

Yes Kieran stop making it easy for your employer to treat you like this. The more people who remain "stuck" like you there are then the more earnings will remain depressed.

DvB

Our firm just took on another Arch. Technologist, they have 8 yrs post grad experience, starting salary 39.5k with a 6 month review (it'll go up to 42k min if they're competent.

The really surprising thing was how hard it was to get suitable candidates with Revit experience, for all the talk there's still a very limited number of users over here, especially experienced ones.

Revit seems to be the deal breaker nowadays, so i'd recommend anyone who hasn't got it starts getting to grips with it as soon as is reasonably possible.

kieran.

Taken advantage definitely but with out moving to Dublin I haven't got a choice there's no jobs locally. I was very close to moving to Canada there had a job sorted, 75 Can dollars (approx €55k) ++ relocation expenses for a big company but luckily enough I've managed to get a job with Kingspan in Cavan for a more respectable salary starting Monday week.

prewtna

kieran. wrote: »

Taken advantage definitely but with out moving to Dublin I haven't got a choice there's no jobs locally. I was very close to moving to Canada there had a job sorted, 75 Can dollars (approx €55k) ++ relocation expenses for a big company but luckily enough I've managed to get a job with Kingspan in Cavan for a more respectable salary starting Monday week.

fair play!

charlieIRL

kieran. wrote: »

It sure is depressing was on 42k 5 years ago with 5 years experience. Down to 28.5k now with 10 years experience but what can one do !!

think that's bad, i've 17 years experience and am on 28k!

woody1

charlieIRL wrote: »

think that's bad, i've 17 years experience and am on 28k!

I've 10 years exp, and haven't been able to get a job in architecture for the last 5 years.. There hasnt been any in my area, ( north mayo ) I work a 3 day week for min wage. !! And I'll likely never work in my field again, so what the op is making sounds fine to me... Very few techies that i knew outside of the cities ever made the big figures mentioned here even during the good times...

rayjdav

I have 17+ years and thought that was it with regard to even drawing office work. Out for nearly 3.5 years. Got a chance out of the blue 1.5yr ago to retrain in 3D BIM work. Have had to make HUGE sacrifices to get work but I have a job and new experiences. Never as busy tbh.
I have found talking to a few former work mates that they still see themselves as AT's, even though some have not worked at it for 4-5 years. They will not entertain the idea of retraining??? I currently do BIM for an M+E company cause it pay the bills. Better than €198p/w they get. (I have worked at many seriously ****ty jobs in the meantime to get a ****ty wage as, despite what I think I'm worth, I still have bills to pay). They see this as "selling out"? ffs, get a grip.
If you are lucky to have a job in your chosen field at the moment, just be thankful. In Dublin I have found there is loads of work but where I'm from there is nothing, so basically if a local Architect offered me 28k tomorrow, despite it all, I would bite his hand off to get home to my family....

woody1

well done to you on making the changes..
yeah id still see myself as an a.t. but id happily retrain to anything and not neccesarily building related, but there is a chicken and egg situation.. courses are expensive, but you need to do the course to have any chance of getting work, not unemployed so cant do the fas / springboard whatever thing.. even if i had the money to retrain i dont have the time.. 2 small kids better half working all the hours of the day...
and of course the million dollar question.. if i could do a course would i do one thats building related.. will there be work in bim or passive or whatever in this corner of the country.. personally i dont think so..
sorry ive dragged this off topic

topcatcbr

woody1 wrote: »

well done to you on making the changes..
yeah id still see myself as an a.t. but id happily retrain to anything and not neccesarily building related, but there is a chicken and egg situation.. courses are expensive, but you need to do the course to have any chance of getting work, not unemployed so cant do the fas / springboard whatever thing.. even if i had the money to retrain i dont have the time.. 2 small kids better half working all the hours of the day...
and of course the million dollar question.. if i could do a course would i do one thats building related.. will there be work in bim or passive or whatever in this corner of the country.. personally i dont think so..
sorry ive dragged this off topic

I'm in the exact same position. Its a tough one.

Nate--IRL--

That was me too, 5 years exp, no work to be found - I've since self studied IT stuff, got a few certs, did a Jobbridge, and am now 1 year into a new career that I love. The Beauty about IT is that you don't need courses, just a few books and some hardware to tinker with and an interest in the subject. You can do the exams yourself, usually about €150 a pop.

Nate

rayjdav

Lads,
I was in that position of wife working 2 jobs and I could not even get one. When this came about we discussed it and I had no option. I tried absolutely any non building related work down here (Factory/Council crew etc etc) but as you say, chicken/egg situation. No experience = no start. Daddy day care to infinity and beyond or this. It had to change and only I could change it. Got tired of my own excuses tbh.:P
I am away from very small kids all week and like a McDonalds Dad, see them at weekends. Not what I want but what can I do? BIM is the way forward so any large type work it will be standard, everywhere imo. It makes such logical sense. The wheel will turn and factories will need to be built/remodelled again. Glass is half full;)
So presently I keep my head down and wait for some local Architect/Engineer/Consultant to require my new skill and I get to come home.
This is why I said 28k to get me home, in a shot...
(Apologies for keeping off topic)